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Symantec To Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-different dept.

An anonymous reader noticed the news that Symantec has bought PGP and Guardian Edge for $370 million. They plan to standardize their encryption stuff on PGP keys.

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  1. Not bad by Mikkeles · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Pretty Good Proprietory!

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  2. in 3 years from now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can get a PGP key AND free 60 day trial of Norton 2013!

  3. Re:Open Source Alternative by wealthychef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Freedom is ours to take! Long live the RPG!

    Rocket propelled grenades?

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  4. Re:Open Source Alternative by jack2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the sniper rifle. I've always been a stay out of harms way type of player:)

  5. Re:suckitude by sexconker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Symantec will more than likely manage to screw this up just like they screw everything else up. Seriously, once upon a time their virus stuff was good. Now, you've gotta jump through hoops to remove it...

    Symantec has always made great virus stuff. That shit fucks up a system to no end, and is hell to cleanly remove.

    Their anti-virus stuff on the other hand, has always been shit. It fucks up a system to no end, and is hell to cleanly remove, and doesn't do it's job.

  6. Re:Lol by CondeZer0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    > PGP was bloatware before. Now that the most talented producer of bloatware in the world (Symantec) bought it, the PGP software will might soon win the bloatware of the year award.

    If Adobe bought Symantec I suspect the massive concentration of bloat would cause the creation of a super massive black hole that would eat instantaneously eat up the whole solar system.

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  7. What is this, aquire and merger week? by frambris · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody seems to buy eachother this week. By the end of the year the Internet is run by three companies: MicroApple (software), HP (hardware) and Ciscoogle (Internet)

    1. Re:What is this, aquire and merger week? by bipbop · · Score: 3, Funny

      What do you mean? MicroApple has always been at war with Oceania!

  8. Re:Open Source Alternative by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of BOOM HEADSHOT!"

  9. Acronym change by Limburgher · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, it's Pretty Good Privacy. Soon, it will be Poof Gone Permanently.

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  10. Re:Oh. My. God. by Amouth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I work for a giant TLA. ... We're headed straight to hell, aren't we?

    humm I believe you have already arrived

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    '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
  11. This is fantastic! by JonJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always wanted encryption-software from people who can't write a fucking uninstaller properly.

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